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" MUSTAOHE GUARD.

No. 562,440. PaJtentd June 28, 1896.

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ATTORNEY B GRAHAM. PHGTOUTHQWASNINGTDN. DC

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAM VANDERSALL, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

.MUSTACHE-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 562,440, dated June 23,1896..

Application filed October 21,1895. Serial No. 666,836. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ABRAM VANDERSALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oolumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Drinking-Cups, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of drinking-cups and hasparticular relation to that class of cups known as mustachecups.

The objects of my invention are to provide an improved cup of this classof improved construction and arrangement of parts which may be adaptedfor communion or ordinary drinking purposes; to so construct the same asto prevent the mustache of a person drinking from contact with thecontents of the cup; to provide a receptacle for the nose of thedrinker; to prevent the entrance of flies, and to attain other objectsand to produce other improvements, which will be more fully set forthhereinafter. These objects I accomplish in the manner illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which-' Figure 1 is a view in elevation of myimproved cup, showing a portion of the same broken away for the sake ofclearness. Fig. 2 is a plan view, and Fig. 3 is a central verticalsection on line 0a a: of Fig. 2.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throu gh out the several views.

a represents the cup-body, which may be of any suitable cylindricalform, the latter preferably being provided with a flaring base a.

i) represents a cup-top plate or bridge, which consists, as shown in thedrawings, of three arms I), which radiate from a common center, thusimparting to said top plate a substantially trefoil shape. I do not,however, limit myself to the number of arms I). The outer end of each ofthe arms I) is, as indicated in the drawings, of a substantially hookshape and is adapted to engage with the upper edge of the cup, as shownat a.

At the center of the plate I) or atthe junction of its arms is provideda nose pocket or depression d. To the upper portion of the pocket d andbeneath the arms 12 is made to fit snugly the upper and smaller end of adownwardlyextending and outwardly-flaring shield c. This frustum-shapedshield c has its lower and outer edge provided at suitable intervalswith recesses f, said recessed edge being in close proximity to theinner surface of the cup, a short distance below the upper end of thelatter.

As indicated more clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the peculiarformation of the top.

plate Z) results in the production of three mouthways for drinking. henthe mouth of a drinker is placed at one of these ways and the cup tippedto the drinking position, it is evident that the radially-arranged armsof the top plate will serve as a guard to prevent the mustache of thedrinker entering the cup, while the pocket or depression cl will serveas a receptacle for the nose.

It is evident that when the cup is tipped to the drinking position theliquid contents of the cup will flow through the recesses f and thatthese recesses maybe of such size as to admit above the level of thelower edge of the shield c that quantity of liquid which may be desiredby the drinker, said shield thus operating to prevent an overflow orrise of the liquid within the cup above the lip of the drinker.

It is obvious that the herein-described cup will be of great utility asa communion-cup,

although the same may be employed for ordinary drinking purposes.

In case it is desired the shield 6 may be detached from the plate I) andthe cup used without said shield, or both the shield and top plate maybe removed from the cup, thus admitting of the latter being used in theordinary manner.

From the construction herein shown and described, it will readily beseen that a simple, reliable, and effective mustache-cup may be producedof any suitable material and that the same will possess many points ofadvantage over the ordinary drinking-cup.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a drinking-cup the combination with the cup-body a, asubstantially trefoil-shaped bridge crossing the top thereof, of afrustumshaped shield depending from said bridge and projecting Withinsaid cup substantially projecting Within said cup -body, substanas andfor the purpose specified. tially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a drinking-cup the combination with the cup-body a, asubstantially trefoil-shaped ABBAM VANDERSALL. 5 bridge crossing the topthereof and a nose In presence of-- depression in the center of saidbridge, of a O. M. VOORHEES,

depending frustum-shaped shield, the latter 0. O. SHEPHERD.

